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12123 results for: Keyword - Sir James Smith
We found 8142 matches on Performance Comments, 3725 matches on Author, 1590 matches on Event Comments, 709 matches on Performance Title, and 0 matches on Roles/Actors.

1501
26 February 1736 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

1502
03 March 1736 @ Goodman's Fields

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Persons of Quality. Mainpiece: Written by Mr Sterling

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Parracide

Related Works
Related Work: The Parracide Author(s): James Sterling

Afterpiece Title: Jupiter and Io: With Harlequin Shipwreck'd

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Shipwreck'd

1503
30 April 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit Phillips, the Harlequin. At the Desire of several Persons of Quality. [Tickets at Phillips' House, No. 6, Eagle Court in the Strand.]

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste

Cast
Role: Sir Positive Actor: Griffin
Role: Sir Humphrey Actor: Harper
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Taste Author(s): James Miller
Related Work: The Man of Taste; or, The Guardian Author(s): James Miller

Afterpiece Title: Harlequin Restor'd

Dance: I: A new Pantomime Dance called Damon and Phillida: Damon-Phillips; Phillida-Miss Mann; Cimon-Pelling; Mopsus-Davenport. II: Pierrots by Poitier and Pelling. III: Drunken Peasant by Phillips. IV: Black and White Joak by Phillips and Miss Mann. V: The Rover by Essex, Mrs Walter, Miss Mann, &c

1504
22 May 1736 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste

Cast
Role: Sir Positive Actor: Griffin
Role: Sir Humphrey Actor: Harper
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Taste Author(s): James Miller
Related Work: The Man of Taste; or, The Guardian Author(s): James Miller

Afterpiece Title: The Intriguing Chambermaid

Dance: II: Dutchman and his Frow by Phillips and Miss Brett. IV: English Maggot by Villeneuve and Miss Brett

Entertainment: A new Entertainment after the manner of Spring-Garden, Vauxhall: With a New Scene, representing the Place, with a Grand Overture, and select Pieces of Musick, compos'd by Mr Handell, intermix'd with Dances, particularly The Russian Sailor by Denoyer's Apprentice. A Concerto on the French Horn by Mr Winch. The Revellers by Essex, Mrs Walter, &c. Concluding with Mr Handel's Water Musick

1505
10 December 1736 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: Britannia

Related Works
Related Work: The Fall of Martinico; or, Britannia Triumphant Author(s): James Byrne
Related Work: Rule Britannia! Author(s): James Roberts

Afterpiece Title: The Beggar's Pantomime

1506
16 February 1737 @ Lincoln's Inn Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: Hymen's Triumph

Cast
Role: Priestesses Actor: Mrs Chambers, Miss James, Miss Wilson

1507
01 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller

1508
03 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Founded on Shakespear's Much Ado About Nothing. By the Author of the Man of Taste. [For an Epilogue designed to be spoken to King John, as amended by Colley Cibber, see Grub St. Journal, 3 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller

Dance: Muilment

1509
07 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller

Dance: Denoyer, Mlle Roland, Muilment, Philips, Villeneuve, Mrs Walter

1510
08 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller

1511
14 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: Benefit the Author. At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quailty. Mainpiece: Written by the Author of the Man of Taste. Founded on Shakespear's Much Ado About Nothing. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop. Daily Advertiser, 14 March: We hear that there was not the least Disturbance from the Footmen at the Playhouse all last Week; and there is such a sufficient Guard order'd, as well as a Civil Power appointed, that there's no Apprehension of any in the future: Besides, we are glad to hear that the Quality and Gentry are resolv'd in general to discard any Servants that should be known to attempt it, and to give them up to the Rigour of the Law. [For Occasional Prompter XXV (on the lethargy of managers), see Daily Journal, 14 March.

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Harlequin-Denoyer's Apprentice; V: Dutchman and Frow-Philips, Miss Brett. [Daily Advertiser, 14 March, a less authoritative source, differs on the dances: I: Drunken Peasant-Philips; III: Turkish Dance-Muilment; Villeneuve, Livier; V: Grand Ball-Denoyer, Mlle Roland.

Music: A Comic Medley Overture-composed by Arne

1512
21 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece: Founded on Shakespear's Much Ado About Nothing. By the Author of the Man of Taste. Afterpiece: Written by the Author of the Toy Shop

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

Dance: I: Harlequin-Denoyer's@Prentice; V: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter

1513
24 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Event Comment: At the particular Desire of several Ladies of Quality. Mainpiece and Afterpiece: As 21 March

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

1514
28 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

1515
31 March 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Universal Passion

Related Works
Related Work: The Universal Passion Author(s): James Miller

Afterpiece Title: The King and the Miller of Mansfield

1516
20 May 1737 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Man Of Taste

Cast
Role: Sir Humphrey Actor: Harper
Role: Sir Positive Actor: Griffin.
Related Works
Related Work: The Man of Taste Author(s): James Miller
Related Work: The Man of Taste; or, The Guardian Author(s): James Miller

Afterpiece Title: The Virgin Unmask'd

Dance: I: English Maggot-Villeneuve, Mrs Walter; III: Two Pierrots-Livier, Pelling; IV: Wooden Shoe Dance-Livier, Villeneuve

Music: Select Pieces-

1517
07 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1518
08 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1519
10 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1520
15 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1521
18 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1522
19 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1523
20 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1524
25 April 1738 @ Drury Lane Theatre

Performances

Mainpiece Title: Agamemnon

Related Works
Related Work: Agamemnon Author(s): James Thomson

1525
29 December 1740 @ Goodman's Fields

Performances

Mainpiece Title: The Gamester

Related Works
Related Work: The Gamesters Author(s): James Shirley
Related Work: The Gamester Author(s): James Shirley

Afterpiece Title: The Imprisonment